ORANGE by Rivka Galchen, from LITTLE LABORS
October 24th, 2016 | by Rivka Galchen
When the puma was about four months old, exiting the feline state and just beginning to move toward the sloth
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EBB AND FLOW: A Mama Pants Comic by Tyler Cohen
September 30th, 2016 | by Tyler Cohen
This excerpt from Ebb & Flow is part of a longer contemplation on bodies at the beginning arc of physical and social
Lisa Brown on Playing THE AIRPORT GAME
September 29th, 2016 | by Lisa Brown
My son began flying back and forth across the United States with us when he was three months old in
THE HOURS (AND HOURS, AND HOURS…): An Interview with Pamela Erens
September 28th, 2016 | by Meg Lemke
How long? How many hours (and hours, and hours…)? New mothers find ourselves urgently asking each other for numbers, after birth. We
A Brothers Grimm Consent Training: ANITA MANDERFIELD on Raising a Feminist on Fairy Tales
September 22nd, 2016 | by Anita Manderfield
I’ve been feeding our preschooler’s morbid tendencies by reading her more-or-less original versions of Brothers Grimm tales. Despite the gory details, I
TO BLACK PARENTS VISITING EARTH: Letter #3 from Janet Stickmon, on HAIR
September 7th, 2016 | by Janet Stickmon
It took many jars of relaxing cream and scabs on my scalp before I stopped strangling Africa. The day I
MADISON YOUNG on Raising a Feminist: An Excerpt from THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SEX THROUGH PREGNANCY AND MOTHERHOOD
August 18th, 2016 | by Madison Young
When I found out that I was pregnant, I knew I was birthing a revolution—a change deep inside myself that
LET’S GET OURSELVES TOGETHER: An Interview with Elizabeth Isadora Gold on the Power of THE MOMMY GROUP
August 15th, 2016 | by Meg Lemke
Some MUTHAs may hear the phrase “mommy group” and cringe. There’s a certain stereotype of the modern mama mafia, ladies circling to
TO BLACK PARENTS VISITING EARTH: Letter #2 from Janet Stickmon, on BOOKS
August 9th, 2016 | by Janet Stickmon
Long before those early months of motherhood, when I was trying to figure out how to nurse Baby Girl, how
ASK A MUTHA: SUMMER’S NOT OVER YET—the Reading List You Still Need
August 5th, 2016 | by Mutha Magazine
Here we are: August has come upon us, in shimmering heat (and bearing ominous back-to-school PR emails). Aspirational summer reading lists